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California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this past Sunday that he is suing Donald Trump regarding the reported deployment of three hundred Californian national guard troops to Oregon.

“They are on their way there now,” the governor remarked in his official statement. “The Trump Administration is blatantly undermining the rule of law directly and implementing their harmful words – defying legal directives and viewing judges, including those named by the President, as foes.”

Legal Background and Federal Decision

This planned court challenge follows a federal judge’s ruling that prevented the federal government from sending the Oregon national guard to the city of Portland. US district judge Karin Immergut agreed with assertions that it would intensify rather than ease tensions in the city.

Immergut ruled in her ruling, which puts off deploying the guard until at least the 18th of October, that there was a absence of factual support that the current demonstrations in the city justified the move.

City Officials Respond

The senior deputy attorney, Portland’s senior deputy attorney, commented that there had been an absence of violent incidents against immigration officials for several months and that current rallies were peaceful in the days before the chief executive described the city to be a conflict area, at times including less than twelve protesters.

“Public safety is not the real concern, the core issue is control,” Newsom asserted. “This battle will be fought in the courts, but the citizens must not remain quiet in the wake of such irresponsible and authoritarian actions by the President of the United States.”

State Attorney General Weighs In

In a statement on social media, Dan Rayfield said that the government is evaluating choices and planning court proceedings.

“The administration is clearly hellbent on using the troops in U.S. urban centers, without evidence or legal basis to do so,” his statement said. “It is up to us and the judicial system to demand answers. This is our plan.”

Federal and Local Response

The guard's representatives directed inquiries to the federal defense agency. A official representative refused to provide a statement. There was no immediate comment from the presidential administration.

Broader Background

This development from the state came just a 24 hours after Trump authorized the dispatch of national guard troops to Chicago, the newest in a succession of parallel operations across numerous American states.

Trump had first announced the plan on September 27, saying he was approving maximum deployment, should it be required” regardless of appeals from state authorities and the state’s congressional delegation, who indicated there had been a single, peaceful demonstration outside a federal agency location.

Past Background

Over a long period, the President has promoted the narrative that Portland is a battle-scarred urban center with anarchists engaging in disorder and illegal activities.

During his first term in 2020, he sent government agents to the city during the rallies over the death by police of an individual in another city. The unrest expanded across the US but were notably severe in that city. Even with protests against Ice being modest in size in the region recently, the President has pointed to them as grounds to send troops.

Remarking via social media about the latest move from Trump, Newsom stated: “It’s appalling. This goes against American values, and action is needed to halt it.”